Douluo's Blue Silver Family

Chapter 41 Minor Antidote

"Buzzing!"

As the rooster crowed, it was a new day, and Yuan Changqing got up with full energy to exercise.

No matter how busy he was, Yuan Changqing never missed his daily cultivation practice; it had become second nature to him.

After finishing the training, having breakfast, and resting for a while, I went back to refining pills.

With the experience of refining the wound medicine yesterday, and the information on refining medicinal materials recorded a few days ago, I was able to make a breakthrough.

I looked at it carefully, reviewed it to gain new insights, went through it in my mind, cleared away distractions, and calmed my mind.

Following the same alchemy steps as yesterday, they began refining the antidote pill.

Because this was the first time making the antidote pill, every step was done with great care. Due to a lack of proficiency, the refining time was slightly longer.

Having successfully refined the first batch, the subsequent batches were much faster, and all the antidotes were refined within a day.

Two batches were unsuccessful, mainly because the heat was not properly controlled, and they were directly reduced to ash.

Yuan Changqing bought a lot of medicinal materials this time, all of which were these two kinds of herbs, but a lot of them were wasted during the experiment, so there wasn't much left.

Therefore, it was quick to refine, but because he was not skilled at it, it still took a whole day. Yuan Changqing named this detoxification pill "Minor Detoxification Pill".

This is because these pills are relatively common, and based on the ingredients used, their efficacy is certainly not as good as those of intermediate or advanced pills.

Therefore, the refining time is relatively short. If Yuan Changqing were to refine pills using precious medicinal herbs, let alone immortal herbs, even spiritual herbs, it would be impossible for him to refine them in just one day.

Even if Yuan Changqing knew how to refine it, under the current conditions, by the time his own soul power was exhausted, the medicinal materials might not have been refined into a medicinal liquid yet.

Therefore, to refine high-level pills, I need external assistance and a strong soul force to ensure it.

Therefore, alchemy is not only a physically demanding task, but also a highly technical one, requiring a great deal of energy and time. This necessitates sufficient patience in order to increase the success rate of alchemy.

Although alchemists are wealthy in any extraordinary world, their expenses are also enormous.

From the beginning of your apprenticeship, you will have to practice constantly. Even if the herbs you use at the beginning are very ordinary, you will still waste a lot of herbs if you don't have experience.

Moreover, even if you can refine pills, you can't guarantee success every time; these are all costs.

This is still in the early stages. With each step of improvement in alchemy skills, the consumption of resources begins.

Only when you become a master alchemist can you become a rich man.

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According to the small antidote pill prepared by Yuan Changqing, 6 pills can be refined.

There should normally be 9 pills, which requires precise control of the fire to preserve the useful medicinal liquid in the herbs to the greatest extent.

A master-level alchemist might be able to refine 12 pills. This requires more than just a high level of fire control; it also requires strong mental power to ensure that each portion of the medicinal liquid is separated into pills, and that the medicinal effects of the pills are indeed the same.

Of course, Yuan Changqing doesn't dare to think that far ahead yet; that requires a lot of experience in alchemy to improve his proficiency and accuracy.

What Yuan Changqing needs now is to conduct refining experiments on a large number of various medicinal materials and record the refining process.

This will ensure that I can cultivate after I research and develop various elixirs. In the future, I will definitely refine more complex and higher-level elixirs.

All of this requires familiarity with the process of refining medicinal herbs. Only through this process, coupled with the research and development of various prescriptions and continuous refining, can one improve their skill level.

Yuan Changqing's alchemy skills are currently only at the apprentice level. If he were skilled enough, he might be able to refine basic and some intermediate pills, but he doesn't have the recipes, so he can't refine various medicinal herbs.

Therefore, Yuan Changqing has not yet solved many problems.

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The wound medicine and the minor antidote pills are ready; now Yuan Changqing needs to verify their effectiveness.

So Yuan Changqing went to Soto City again, first to find Catherine and Wang Yuyan.

Instead of going to the shop, they went directly to their aunt's house in Soto. Now, their aunt and uncle don't need to look after the shop all the time; there are dedicated staff to look after it.

My aunt and uncle only need to be involved in checking accounts and purchasing supplies; otherwise, they are relatively free.

Besides my aunt's family, there are quite a few other people living in my aunt's house now. Catherine and her son, as well as Wang Yuyan and her son, have also been staying here for the past few days.

Yuan Changqing's sister Yuan Ziyi and brother Yuan Zilong are also there; they are on holiday now, and Ye Guang is also at home.

When Yuan Changqing arrived, he explained his purpose: to find some free experimenters.

Everyone was surprised, not expecting Yuan Changqing to have refined it so quickly.

The aunt asked, "Where are you planning to go to verify your things?"

Yuan Changqing said, "Where else can we go? The Great Soul Arena, there are more injured people there."

Catherine said, "Soul Masters don't go to the Soul Arena every day. Even if many people get injured, you can't know what the aftereffects will be if you use it on them."

Yuan Changqing retorted, "What you described is true, but if it were effective, wouldn't he come back to buy it from me? After all, if it were effective, he would need it, wouldn't he?"

The aunt came out and said, "That's just a possibility; we don't know how effective it will be yet. I think you should leave it to me. I'll take it to a familiar clinic and have them try it out."

Yuan Changqing thought this was a good idea, so they decided to split up and do it separately.

"Alright, Aunt, I'll divide the wound medicine and the antidote into two portions. I'll give you one portion; use your method."

"For the other one, I'll go to the Great Soul Arena and try it out with more people."

After everyone had discussed it, Yuan Changqing gave several small jade bottles to his aunt Yuan Linglong, asking her to use them to find people to conduct experiments and to obtain information on subsequent verification.

Yuan Changqing then asked everyone, "Do you want to come with me to the Great Soul Arena today?"

Wang Yuyan smiled and said, "Brother Changqing, we won't go. Sister Catherine and I are taking the children with us. It's not suitable for children to fight in the Soul Arena."

Catherine also said, "Today we're going with my aunt to pick up our clothes. We went to a clothing store a few days ago to order some clothes. We originally wanted to order some for you too, but you're not here."

Yuan Changqing said, "It's alright, I don't care much about clothes. I can just buy ready-made clothes, which is convenient and affordable."

The aunt said, "That's because you don't know how to appreciate it. Custom-made clothes can be made according to your own preferences, while ready-made clothes are all the same."

"Alright, Auntie, I can't argue with you. It's just clothes. As long as you feel comfortable in them, that's all that matters. Why be so picky?" Yuan Changqing didn't bother arguing about who won or lost.

He then said, "If you guys don't want to go, then don't go. But what about Ziyi and Zilong? And Ye Guang, do you want to go?"

Hearing Yuan Changqing ask them, the three of them were eager to try, and Ye Guang looked at his aunt.

The aunt said, "If you want to go, then go. You're all old enough to go and see it."

"yeah!"

The three of them said in unison.

Yuan Changqing said to Ye Xiaofan, "Uncle, why don't you come with me and take a look?"

Ye Xiaofan said, "Alright, I haven't been there for many years, I'll go with you to take a look."

(End of this chapter)